The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-12
MEMPHIS GUM CHEWERS.
K0.K0 TULU TO SUPPLY IHE
GREAT DEMAND
In Tennessee, Adjoining and Far Dis
taht States - A Great and
Growing Industry.

"Whst effect has chewing gum or
the teeth 2" asked q Memphis belle
recently, while attending a hop at q
leading hotel. Her companion, who
was som swhat Of au amateur sci.
enlist, answered: when pure spruce
gum is used in the manufacture, OF
indeed pure gum OF any kind, the
efie Ut is bent fetal, because 1t creates a
flow OF saliva which necessarily
cleanses the teeth" chow do you
know ihat2" she inquired. "Why,"
he replied, "beCause il is flot that
The gum Gs;herers Of Mline, Canada
and the C5rolinae, who are invsterats
chewer seem to have the whiteft
aud best of teeth. Poor gum effects
the enamel of the teeth and also af.
fe cts the lining Of the stomac1, hut
very little poor gum is in the ma ket
to be worked up into chewing gum"
The gill who made the inquiries YVES
not OF the fashionable, dudine clasp,
nor WIS the msn who answered q
dude, who is d, ii led to be something
who knows nothing" Chewing gum
is a good substitute for tobacco, and
thousands Of people have broken
themselves from tobacco chewing by
it's use. The total manufacture Of
chewing gum in the United States is
over 100000 boxes per year, which
would be about 20 cents per capita on
a basis of 50,000,000 population.
The chief consumers of the toothsome
article are school girls, young boys,
fashionable misses, known az buds"
and Young ladies' full A adged in socie-
ty. Enter Memphis street car where
a dozen or less girls are and II Ia q safe
bet OF ten to one that nine-tenths OF
them are enjoying the pleasures Of
gum chewing. Gum relieves the throat
from disagreesbie dryness and adds
materially to general health and hap
piness. When you have nothing to
think about chew gum; when you
have many things to think about do
likewise. 1t is the great inspirer OF
happiness and produces feeling of
pleasure. The crude gum 10 manuS
Pictured in the following manner: II
is rt fned 80 90 to remove all foreign
substances, then 1t 10 mixsd with sugar
aud other secret ingredients and rolled
out, hattened to the necessary thick
ness, then it is forced through
cutting machine, which cuts
the gum into the sizs required,
when IL is put into boxes ready
for shipment. The gum sticks
as usually divided into Ave equal parts,
81 that chew can be had for one cent
ard whole stick or package for five
cents. Those who are inclined to in
vestigate the chewing gum business
cau find out all about 1t from Sol. Cole
man, The celebrated Memphis manu-
factui or OF Ko-Ku Tulu Gum, which 10
now recognized as the very best and
most palatable gum manufactured in
the UnitedsStates. The Ko-Ko Tulu a
short time since was unknown outside
of Memphis, but now 1t lie called for in
every city throughout the United
Slater, ard has SUCCESSFULLY competed
with older and more widely advertised
brands A visit to the drug, Confec-
tionery and many other stores OF
Memphis will at once reveal The fact
that enormous quantities of gum are
sold to MemphiaBs OF all classes daily.
If you will question these people
closely they will tell you that the cell
ebrated Ko-Ko Tulu brand is the.iavor
tie brand, the consumers having real
izad that tne Memphis manufactured
gum IL the sweetest and most delicious
to be found in the market. IGis not
only popular in the Bluff City, but il
is also popular in the cities, towns aad
villages within radius of 200 miles OF
Memphis. Not only has the gum
! epu alton in the Memphis district,
but it has a recognized standing ia
distant States, as far as the Pacific
coaet. The Memphis mandatory il
not able to supply the demand as al
present constructed, and the proprie-
tors have made arrangements to en-
large its capacity 30 as to increase its
output weekly.